Chapter Summaries

Itadori and Lin Mu confronted Hiromi Higuruma to request his hundred points for changing the Culling Game’s rules, but Higuruma refused and activated his Domain Expansion. The chapter left Itadori facing Higuruma inside Deadly Sentencing.

• Itadori and Lin Mu entered the building and found Higuruma bathing in an underground theater.
• Itadori asked Higuruma to transfer his hundred points so they could change the Culling Game’s rules and end it.
• Higuruma refused, explaining that he saw the game as a chance to create a world of absolute fairness.
• Itadori threatened Higuruma, who rose from the bathtub and activated Domain Expansion: Deadly Sentencing.

Lin Mu helped Yuji Itadori defeat the first charge in Hiromi Higuruma’s domain, but Yuji confessed to the second charge of causing deaths in Shibuya and attacking his teammates. Judgeman imposed the death penalty, leaving Yuji facing immediate execution.

• Higuruma’s domain accused Yuji of gambling at the Magic Vegas Pachinko Parlor, and Yuji admitted he had visited a pachinko parlor.
• When Higuruma presented a photograph of Yuji exchanging tokens, Lin Mu argued it did not prove he had visited the specific parlor named in the charge.
• Yuji denied entering the Magic Vegas Pachinko Parlor, and Judgeman found him not guilty.
• Higuruma began a second trial, accusing Yuji of indirectly causing deaths in Shibuya and attempting to kill his teammates.
• Yuji pleaded guilty without offering a defense, and Judgeman sentenced him to death, to be carried out immediately.

Higuruma wavered after Itadori admitted his crime, then chose to add a rule allowing players to transfer points. After Lin Mu shattered Higuruma’s courtroom domain with Madara Uchiha’s aura, Higuruma transferred his points to Itadori and left to turn himself in.

• Higuruma questioned why Itadori admitted to a crime committed while Sukuna controlled him, recalling how the legal system had destroyed his faith in justice.
• Itadori dodged Higuruma’s Executioner’s Sword and struck him into the spectator stands.
• Higuruma thanked Itadori for restoring his original aspirations and decided to transfer one hundred points to him, but first opened a trial against Lin Mu.
• Lin Mu released Madara Uchiha’s overwhelming aura, frightening Judgeman and shattering Higuruma’s domain.
• Higuruma added a rule allowing players to transfer points, then transferred his remaining two points to Itadori.
• Higuruma left, saying he might turn himself in for killing the presiding judge and deputy presiding judge.

Lin Mu planned to enter the second colony and gather points while Itadori went to find Fushiguro and Kugisaki. He sought out Abeyama, the first barrier’s highest-scoring sorcerer, and the chapter ended with Abeyama confronting him and demanding his points.

• Lin Mu assessed the colonies, worried that Jian Yi might clash with Hajime Kashimo and disrupt events in the first colony.
• Lin Mu decided to gather points and investigate whether killing incarnated sorcerers would increase his inheritance progress.
• Lin Mu sent Itadori to meet up with Fushiguro and Kugisaki, then departed to find Abeyama.
• Abeyama, a powerful sorcerer from seven hundred years ago, complained that modern sorcerers were weak and searched for stronger prey.
• Abeyama confronted Lin Mu, demanded his points, and threatened to kill him if he was not satisfied.

Lin Mu confronted Abeyama, a seven-hundred-year-old fighter whose technique came from Divine Xia, and the two clashed with overwhelming power. Lin Mu trapped Abeyama in a Half-Body Susanoo, leaving the watching sorcerers stunned.

• Lin Mu struck Abeyama and sent him flying, breaking both of his arms before they quickly regenerated.
• Abeyama introduced himself and explained that he had learned his technique in Divine Xia through a path people could choose rather than one imprinted at birth.
• Abeyama invoked his Fourth Stage Buddha Path and unleashed a golden, sutra-covered fist-shadow against Lin Mu's Susanoo.
• Lin Mu expanded his Susanoo into a Half-Body form and seized Abeyama in its massive skeletal hand.
• The sorcerers watching from nearby marveled at Lin Mu's colossal Susanoo and wondered if he was an ancient incarnated reincarnator.

Lin Mu fought Abeyama’s Golden Buddha Phantom with his Half-Body Susanoo and learned about Divine Xia’s Pathways and domains. After Abeyama’s sutra attack suppressed Lin Mu and killed nearby sorcerers, Lin Mu shattered it with eight exploding magatama and advanced on Abeyama.

• Abeyama used the Golden Buddha Phantom’s chanting scriptures to break down Lin Mu’s Skeletal Susanoo, but Lin Mu transformed it into a Half-Body Susanoo that matched the phantom.
• Abeyama mistook Lin Mu’s power for Divine Xia’s Dharma Form of Heaven and Earth, then explained how Divine Xia’s Pathways differed from cursed techniques in other countries.
• Abeyama attacked with a sutra shockwave that restricted Lin Mu’s movements, eroded his Susanoo, and killed several observing sorcerers.
• Lin Mu detonated all eight magatama and shattered Abeyama’s sutra domain, forcing Abeyama to cough up blood.
• Lin Mu summoned a massive serpent-shaped sword and slowly advanced toward Abeyama.

Lin Mu overwhelmed Abeyama’s Golden Buddha Phantom and killed him after the battle left Abeyama exhausted. The victory raised Lin Mu’s inheritance progress and awakened his Rinnegan.

• Abeyama’s Golden Buddha Phantom struck Lin Mu’s Half-Body Susanoo and then trapped it in a scripture domain, suppressing Lin Mu’s movements.
• Abeyama unleashed a series of four-armed punches, but the Golden Buddha Phantom dissipated before he could destroy the Susanoo.
• Abeyama transferred all his points to Lin Mu and accepted that he was about to die.
• Lin Mu cleaved Abeyama in two with his giant longsword, and his inheritance progress rose from 67% to 73%.
• Lin Mu swallowed the new God Tree fruit and awakened the Rinnegan.

After unlocking Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan, Lin Mu reviewed its abilities and reassessed his strength against Divine Xia’s ranking system. He used Abeyama’s transferred points to add a rule allowing players to travel freely between barriers.

• Lin Mu examined the Rinnegan’s abilities, including its basic techniques, Tengai Shinsei, and Limbo: Border Jail.
• Lin Mu wondered how he could reach Six Paths form without the Ten-Tails and decided to trust the system to provide a way.
• Lin Mu estimated that Divine Xia ranked ability users from one to ten and placed his own strength around the fifth or sixth rank.
• Lin Mu reviewed his ninjutsu, equipment, physique, and chakra, concluding that his power had grown far beyond what he once possessed.
• Lin Mu summoned Kogane and used the one hundred points Abeyama had transferred to add the rule, “Players may freely travel between the various barriers.”

Kinji Hakari and Hajime Kashimo faced off in Tokyo No. 2 Colony as sorcerers gathered, but they discovered the overwhelming pressure came from Jian Yi watching nearby. When Jian Yi appeared behind Kashimo and was attacked, he prepared to use force.

• Sorcerers gathered around Kinji Hakari and Hajime Kashimo, whose presence made the colony feel oppressive.
• The sorcerers noticed both fighters were looking toward Jian Yi, who stood on a nearby rooftop.
• Hajime Kashimo recognized Jian Yi as the colony’s top-ranked player and called out to him.
• Jian Yi appeared behind Hajime Kashimo, who immediately attacked with lightning, but Jian Yi blocked the strike with an ink shield.
• Jian Yi questioned Japan’s hostility, then raised his dragon-carved brush and prepared to use force.

Jian Yi used ink-written characters to create an ocean and attack Hajime Kashimo with powerful water columns, while Kinji Hakari watched from nearby. After Jian Yi immobilized Kashimo and struck him hard, Kashimo recovered with Reverse Cursed Technique and insisted on continuing the fight himself.

• Jian Yi wrote "Vast Ocean" in the air and unleashed a flood that forced Hajime Kashimo onto a high-rise wall as the water level rose.
• Jian Yi sailed back on an ink-black boat and used "Torrent Fall" to destroy the high-rise with two water columns aimed at Hajime Kashimo.
• Hajime Kashimo rushed Jian Yi, but Jian Yi blocked his approach with more water columns and struck him with another after an unknown voice froze him in midair.
• Hajime Kashimo survived the impact by rapidly healing with Reverse Cursed Technique, and Jian Yi showed interest in his recovery.
• Kinji Hakari offered to help, but Hajime Kashimo refused and charged himself with lightning, determined to defeat Jian Yi.

Jian Yi summoned a phantom mountain that sealed Hajime Kashimo’s cursed energy and attacked him with a powerful ink slash. Kinji Hakari expanded his domain to save Kashimo, suffered a severe ink-tainted wound, and recovered with Kashimo’s help; the two then prepared to compete over who would defeat Jian Yi first.

• Jian Yi summoned a massive ink-black mountain above Hajime Kashimo and made it fall, enveloping Kashimo and sealing his cursed energy.
• Jian Yi attacked Kashimo with an ink slash, and Kinji Hakari expanded Idle Death Gamble to intervene.
• The slash shattered the mountain and Hakari’s domain shell, badly wounding Hakari with ink that impeded his healing.
• Hajime Kashimo used lightning to force ink from Hakari’s wounds, allowing Hakari to heal with Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Kinji Hakari challenged Hajime Kashimo to see which of them would defeat Jian Yi first.

Jian Yi defeated Hajime Kashimo and Kinji Hakari, then learned that ancient sorcerers had made contracts with Kenjaku to be reborn. As a new rule opened travel between barriers, Jian Yi recognized Lin Mu’s name before a terrifying presence appeared and declared it had found them.

• Hajime Kashimo and Kinji Hakari attacked Jian Yi, who overwhelmed them with a barrage of ink-black fists that suppressed their cursed energy.
• Jian Yi killed a sorcerer who insulted Divine Xia, prompting the others to recognize his origins and warn one another to watch their words.
• Jian Yi restored Kashimo and Hakari’s cursed energy and asked them about Japan; Kashimo explained that he was an ancient reincarnated person contracted by Kenjaku, who had made similar contracts with others over at least a thousand years.
• Kashimo and Hakari said they did not know Kenjaku’s whereabouts, and Jian Yi thanked them for the information.
• Kogane announced that players could travel freely between major barriers, and Jian Yi recognized Lin Mu as someone from Divine Xia.
• A terrifying presence appeared at the edge of the second barrier and said, “Found you.”

Lin Mu met Jian Yi and learned that Divine Xia ranked him as a fifth-rank, while Jian Yi hinted that Lin Mu’s family background was significant. After confirming that Angel had joined Fushiguro and the others, Lin Mu set out for the Sendai barrier to meet Okkotsu, while Jian Yi planned to seek information about Kenjaku.

• Lin Mu arrived and explained to Kinji Hakari that connecting the barriers could help them earn points and end the disaster.
• Lin Mu and Jian Yi introduced themselves, then discussed Divine Xia’s strength rankings and Lin Mu’s status as a fifth-rank.
• Jian Yi asked about Lin Mu’s family and learned that his father was Lin Changsheng, but he withheld what he knew about Lin Mu’s background.
• Lin Mu told Kinji Hakari that Angel had already gone to Fushiguro and the others using her technique to cross barriers.
• Lin Mu headed for the Sendai barrier to meet Senior Okkotsu, while Jian Yi decided to gather information and try to meet Kenjaku.

Lin Mu discouraged Jian Yi from interfering in Japan, then sent clones across the barriers to hunt reincarnated sorcerers. Meanwhile, Kinji Hakari and his allies learned that two new Culling Game rules had been added, including one that opened communication between the barriers and the outside world.

• Lin Mu told Jian Yi that they were preparing to unseal Satoru Gojo and could still control the crisis, while Jian Yi warned that Divine Xia might erase Japan if the situation became uncontrollable.
• After Jian Yi departed, Lin Mu headed for the Sendai barrier and sent Wood Clones to the other barriers to hunt reincarnated sorcerers.
• Kinji Hakari persuaded Hajime Kashimo to join the group by promising him a chance to fight Sukuna one-on-one.
• The Broom Girl told Kinji Hakari that Maki could now cross between the barriers and the outside world because she had become a Heavenly Tyrant.
• Kogane announced a rule allowing players to spend one hundred points to replace themselves and leave the Culling Game, then announced a rule removing the information barrier between the inside and outside.

Lin Mu rapidly gained points by killing reincarnated sorcerers and added numerous Culling Game rules that helped participants find them. Okkotsu struggled against a powerful cockroach cursed spirit until an unseen attack tore it apart, and Lin Mu appeared before him.

• Kinji Hakari, Hajime Kashimo, and the broom girl discovered that Lin Mu had added their planned rules and many more, earning hundreds of points in minutes.
• Kinji Hakari and the others decided to meet Itadori and discuss when to unseal Satoru Gojo.
• Lin Mu saw that his clones were bringing in points and his inheritance progress was nearly ready to break through again.
• Okkotsu fought a cockroach cursed spirit that wounded him with cockroaches pouring from the injury.
• An unseen force ripped the cockroach cursed spirit into three pieces, and Okkotsu saw Lin Mu approaching.

Lin Mu tracked down Uro Takako and Ryu Ishigori in the Sendai barrier, where he used Banshō Ten'in to stop Uro from escaping. The chapter ended as Lin Mu faced Uro’s spatial attack with Shinra Tensei.

• Okkotsu recognized Lin Mu as the likely source of the attack on the cockroach cursed spirit and agreed to help him locate Uro Takako and Ryu Ishigori.
• Okkotsu left to help Itadori while Lin Mu headed toward the special grades’ locations.
• Uro Takako proposed that she and Ryu Ishigori team up against Lin Mu, but Ryu refused and insisted on fighting Lin Mu alone.
• Uro tried to flee using Sky Manipulation, but Lin Mu held her in place with Banshō Ten'in.
• Uro attacked Lin Mu by warping space into sharp spikes, and Lin Mu responded with Shinra Tensei.

Lin Mu used Shinra Tensei to destroy Uro Takako’s spatial spikes and then redirected Ryu Ishigori’s Cursed Energy Cannon toward her. Ryu and Uro realized they would need to fight Lin Mu together, while Shinra Tensei’s cooldown left its limits in view.

• Lin Mu’s Shinra Tensei shattered Uro Takako’s spatial spikes, and Ryu Ishigori’s maximum-output blast stopped the repulsive force.
• Lin Mu discovered that Shinra Tensei required several seconds between uses and prepared a black rod as he targeted Uro Takako.
• Ryu Ishigori told Uro Takako to escape while he held Lin Mu off, then fired a Cursed Energy Cannon at Lin Mu.
• Lin Mu used Shinra Tensei to redirect the Cursed Energy Cannon toward Uro Takako, who deflected it with a spatial sheet but burned both hands.
• Uro Takako urged Ryu Ishigori to attack alongside her before they were killed.

Lin Mu defeated Uro Takako and Ryu Ishigori, raising his inheritance progress to 79%. As he anticipated reaching 80%, United States forces began entering Japan’s barriers to capture people with special abilities.

• Ryu Ishigori charged Lin Mu but was struck by an unseen Limbo attack and crashed into a building.
• Lin Mu pulled Uro Takako into close combat, then endured Ryu Ishigori’s cursed energy cannon while holding her in its path.
• Lin Mu pierced Uro Takako through the chest with a black rod, killing her, and an unseen attacker then pierced Ryu Ishigori’s head.
• After killing the two ancient sorcerers, Lin Mu’s inheritance progress reached 79%, and he entered the God Tree Space to inspect its forming fruits.
• United States warships and transport planes gathered near the Sea of Japan, and airborne squads began entering Japan’s barriers to capture people with special abilities.

Kenjaku forced the U.S. president to send troops to Japan, while Jian Yi reported to his teacher that Lin Mu might be able to turn Japan’s worsening crisis around. The teacher accepted Jian Yi’s judgment, and Jian Yi departed to report back to his master.

• Kenjaku entered the bloodied White House and compelled Biden to order troops into Japan before killing him with a cursed spirit.
• Kenjaku revealed that he had also made several other small nations send troops into Japan for his own purposes.
• Jian Yi returned to his teacher and described Japan’s collapsing government and ability-user organizations.
• Jian Yi told his teacher that Lin Mu was a young Divine Xia ability user at the peak of the fifth rank and nearing the sixth.
• Jian Yi said he believed Lin Mu’s strength could turn the situation around, and his teacher trusted his judgment.
• Jian Yi bowed and vanished as black ink to report back to his master.

Ordinary soldiers entered the barriers to hunt sorcerers, but cursed spirits turned the soldiers into prey. At the Tombs of the Star Corridor, Kenjaku arrived and confronted Choso, who faced him alone to reveal his abilities and protect Yuji Itadori.

• United States soldiers used flashbangs, electric shock rounds, and tranquilizers to capture a sorcerer, but a cursed spirit attacked and killed two soldiers.
• Soldiers across the barriers discovered that their conventional weapons could not harm cursed spirits, which began hunting them instead.
• Yuki Tsukumo, Tengen, and Lin Mu's clone prepared to have Choso confront Kenjaku alone and probe for his hidden abilities.
• Kenjaku entered the Tombs of the Star Corridor and found Choso waiting for him, then asked where Tengen was.
• Kenjaku told Choso that Japan's sorcerers had already adapted before the assimilation and warned that capturing Tengen would bring the country and possibly the world to an end.